Espoir battle Mukura for glory and sporting success.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Espoir form and stats
The hosts won their first National Soccer League game here at Cyangugu Regional Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Espoir last season were 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses from 15 games.
Espoir faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kiyovu Sports (0-1).
Ahead of that match, Espoir won a home game hosting Marines (1-0).This is expected to be a close game, with Espoir perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Espoir as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Espoir has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Espoir has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Mukura form and stats
Let's have a look at how Mukura performed last season in the National Soccer League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 11 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 12/9 goals scored/conceded. Mukura have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the National Soccer League were 6 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats from 15 fixtures.
Mukura lost away at Gasogi United (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Etincelles with the score of 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Mukura in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Mukura, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Mukura has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Espoir wins - draws - Mukura wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Espoir missing players
Mukura missing players
| Espoir | Mukura | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 18 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 5.5 | 11 | 11 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9% | 9% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12.5 | 8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Espoir | Last season | Mukura | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 32 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | ||
| 83% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 93% | ||
| 63% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 53% | ||
| 33% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 13% | 23% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 47% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 40% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 3.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 48% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 42% | ||
| 7.9 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rayon Sports | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Gasogi United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Kiyovu Sports | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Gorilla | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Sunrise | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Etincelles | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | AS Kigali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Musanze | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | APR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Rutsiro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Espoir | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Mukura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Police Rwanda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Bugesera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Marines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Rwamagana City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | APR | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 66 |
| 2 | Kiyovu Sports | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 65 |
| 3 | AS Kigali | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Rayon Sports | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 48 |
| 5 | Mukura | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 47 |
| 6 | Police Rwanda | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 40 |
| 7 | Musanze | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Bugesera | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Marines | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 37 |
| 10 | Espoir | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -8 | 35 |
| 11 | Gasogi United | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 20 | -4 | 34 |
| 12 | Etincelles | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -9 | 34 |
| 13 | Gorilla | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 33 |
| 14 | Rutsiro | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 14 | -10 | 32 |
| 15 | Etoile de l'Est | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -19 | 28 |
| 16 | Gicumbi | 30 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -27 | 18 |
